Harper Road

Blackberries ripe on the branches
 Her skin is burning, she bends to pick them
 Take a deep delicious bite
 For our aching stomachs we delight
 Sorrow came in floods this April
 Without reason or forewarning
 We're now in May, June, and July
 Don't leave my love, don't leave my side
 Brighter than moonlight glows
 My love does for you
 In dreams of Harper Road
 I'll always find you stretched out like an orange tabby
 And on the porch with ferns surrounding her
 And there in breaths she'll take not often
 There her heart troubles sadly soften
 Wild oaks spare the deadliest drought
 Like a mother's will it snuffs out
 And any flame comes round it breathes in
 And she'll endure the driest season
 My blood runs through my only daughter
 Her eyes are mine, so wide with wonder
 Be my voice, my light, my power
 Be with me in my leaving hour
 Brighter than the moonlight glows
 My love does for you
 In dreams of Harper Road
 I'll always find you